flood at the restaurant

[Farrell]

You might want to check for warped structural parts - like keybed, action frame, action rails - oh, and the restaurant might want to check its insurance!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tvak@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:10 AM
Subject: flood at the restaurant


> Three weeks ago there was a small flood at the restaurant where I play (and 
> tune) the Samick grand.  The water was only a few inches deep but with the 
> carpeting it created a very humid environment.  This happened once before, 
> knocking the tuning out, and surprisingly, when things dried out, the tuning 
> went back to, well, acceptable.  
> 
> This time in addition to the tuning going south, there are a lot of double 
> striking hammers.  This is not going away.  Something changed and stayed 
> changed.  I tune it next week and I need to remedy this, but I'm wondering, 
> what changed?  Not being as proficient at grand regulation as I am in 
> vertical, can anyone steer me in the right direction?  Looking through the 
> strings while I play, it looks like some of the hammers are not letting off.  
> (This certainly could create double strikes.)  The piano was out of 
> regulation before the flood, but I don't know if that was happening before, 
> therefore I don't know if that's causing the problem this time.  I don't have 
> the time (nor will they pay for) a complete regulation of the piano.   I 
> could move the backchecks forward, but can anyone suggest a scenario that 
> would result in double striking of hammers from exposure to high humidity?  I 
> mean, why would the backchecks move or change?
> 
> Just fishing...
> 
> Tom S
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